Top-ten rated Texas A&M players in EA Sports College Football shows portal importance

Texas A&M has had a lot of players that have contributed big time to their program that have come from the transfer portal— just a symbol of the new wave in college athletics. Despite Jimbo Fisher's reticence to utilize the portal to its fullest extent, the Ags still have had some portal players make some noise.

That has mostly come from the Mike Elko era thus far, however. The current Aggie head coach hit the portal hard as soon as he made his way to Aggieland, and his endeavors have paid off in a big way already.

Many of the most important players from last year's team came from those transfer ranks, even as the Aggies lost several important players to the portal after Jimbo's departure. Elko and his staff did a great job identifying talent and getting them to Aggieland in the abbreviated portal time he had to work with.

What we saw from this last portal window, though, just furthered the notion that the Aggies have done an excellent job working in the portal thus far— and

EA Sports College Football has half of Texas A&M's top 10 players as transfers

Looking at the ratings of the top players on Texas A&M's team according to the group putting together the new EA Sports College Football, the Aggies' transfers are an integral part of their squad.

That's five of the ten— Ar'Maj Reed-Adams, KC Concepcion, Tyler Onyedim, Julian Humphrey, and Cashius Howell— that have come from the transfer ranks.

This is a testament to the work that Elko and his staff have been able to do in the portal. They're not just grabbing the best available, either— they're filling positions of major need while they're doing this bang-up job.

High school recruiting still needs to be the lifeblood of a program, but the Aggies have done a great job patching over the spots that needed attention with their portal work. Kudos to Elko and company for what they've accomplished here.